Vice-President Kashim Shettima has commended Chukwuma
Soludo, governor of Anambra, for his contributions to Nigeria’s development.
Speaking on Tuesday at Soludo’s inauguration for his second
term in office, Shettima said President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies have
benefited from the governor’s practical commentaries on the state of the
nation.
The vice-president represented Tinubu at the event held in
Awka, the state capital.
In a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, his senior special
assistant on media and communications, Shettima described Soludo as a man of
ideas and honour who has remained committed to national growth and development.
“The policies of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, GCFR, have benefited from the candour, specialist insight, and
patriotic counsel of this distinguished economist, this restless thinker, and
this public intellectual of uncommon range, both in open fora and in private
conversations. And that is how it should be,” the vice-president stated.
“That is what it means to be in the business of
nation-building. It means placing the welfare of the federation above the
vanity of partisan fences. It means understanding that Nigeria is too precious
a vessel to be abandoned to the storms simply because the rowers wear different
colours.”
Shettima said Soludo has demonstrated that “leadership can
unify without shouting, persuade without humiliating, and stand firm without
surrendering its soul, especially in a season of needless divisions”.
“It is therefore no surprise that his people have welcomed
him again and entrusted him with another term to hold the rudder of this great
state and guide it farther into safe and prosperous waters,” he stated,
declaring that “the people of Anambra are today renewing not just a mandate,
but a covenant with competence.”
“And as Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim takes this oath once again
beside him, the state is also affirming that leadership is not only about the
brilliance of the man at the top but also about the steadiness, loyalty, and
discipline of those who help translate vision into order and order into
progress,” the vice-president added.
According to him, the Anambra governor has so far proven
“that differences in political parties need not be invitations to hostility”
but opportunities for collaboration.
“Professor Soludo has shown, too, that it is possible to see
beyond the dangerous shenanigans that so often pass for politics in our clime
and to keep faith with the higher calling of public life,” he said.
Shettima stressed that Soludo’s “practical commentaries on
the state of the nation”, whether on the economy or political matters, “have
become such permanent tenants in the media space that, once the professor
clears his throat, half the country reaches for a pen and the other half braces
for impact.”
He pointed out that the governor’s maturity of purpose has
nurtured a “cordial and productive relationship between Anambra State and the
Federal Government”.
He said the outcome has been a stability of engagement that
has allowed the governor “to demonstrate that he came not to be consumed by the
old habits of power but to prove that genuine change is possible in a land
where many others only gamed the language of change.”
‘FG REMAINS COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH STATES’
According to the vice-president, under Soludo’s watch, deliberate efforts have been made “to restore order to public life, strengthen security, and confront the criminality that had cast a shadow over parts of the state.”
He expressed confidence that the governor’s second term
would be a return to consolidation, building higher on foundations already
tested.
Shettima further assured that the federal government remains
committed to partnering with states led by men and women who understand that
the ultimate meaning of power is the improvement of human life.
In his inauguration speech, Soludo expressed determination
to serve the state with all seriousness, promising that his team will build on
the achievements of his first tenure, with transformation and development as
the main agenda.
“Anambra state has witnessed significant progress in the
health, education, financial, agricultural, and other sectors under his
leadership,” he said.
Soludo thanked the people of Anambra for their overwhelming
support during last year’s gubernatorial election.
“The unprecedented 73 percent of the votes you cast in our
favour was more than ordinary votes but an affirmation of love, patriotism, and
partnership in rebuilding our homeland. We will never take your historic
support for granted,” the governor said.
He further thanked President Tinubu and Shettima, as well as their wives, for their support.
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